New Energy Congress

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The New Energy Congress is a global association of experts who review the most promising emerging energy technologies. We publish the Top 5 Exotic Free Energy Technologies list, taking into consideration criteria such as: availability, affordability, environmental impact, sustainability, reliability, scalability, and safety. We also facilitate their emergence into the marketplace.

Definitions

"New Energy"

We will focus on energy systems that tap into inexhaustible, ubiquitous, and clean sources of energy generation, such as solar, wind, tide, and geothermal, but also including non-conventional avenues such as zero point energy, radiant energy, cold fusion, and magnet motors. (If they do indeed prove to work as claimed.)

Purpose

The purpose of the congress is to provide quorum review of leading technology claims, to assess viability and prioritize; then facilitate advancement. Most deliberations will take place by email, privately. In-person retreats (pow wows) will also be scheduled to discuss these matters, preferably on a semiannual basis -- probably in the Fall, and in the Spring.

Let's do something meaningful toward ending the frustration that comes with all the bogus claims that float around. There just has to be legitimate science in the midst of all that noise. Together we can methodically dissect the haystacks in short order and find the needles!

By each one of us putting in a little bit, we combine into a formidable repository of wisdom. When our collective stamp of approval is on something, that will carry tremendous weight.

Physical Testing

Eventually we will have a central location with a laboratory of our own, but meanwhile, among us are those who have the tools for accurate testing of technology claims. Furthermore, as we draw from people worldwide, there is more of a chance that we can go to the inventor with a group of qualified testers nearby, for technology evaluations.

Priorities

APPROVED: The following priorities were approved by the New Energy Congress on Nov. 29, 2005.

While we will eventually review all deserving new energy device claims, from solar and wind to cold fusion and zero point energy, we will need to have priorities by which we can triage the abundance of claims and requests that are sure to be presented to us.

As a general principal, the best way to start an energy revolution is to put plans of an excellent, working device into the hands of the world population.

This list is supplemental to the criteria set forth at Congress:Technology_Criteria. This list is likely to be expanded and clarified over time.

Well-developed prototypes take precedent over nominally-developed prototypes, other things being the same.

Database

In the process of reviewing the technologies, we will be compiling an extensive database of claims. This will be of very high value, and can be a source of revenue to help cover expenses and possibly even provide a stipend for congress members.

See

Congress:IT:Blueprint - For designing the programming needs for the receiving of technology review requests, screening those, and then honing in on a few technologies in detail.

Membership Criteria

APPROVED: The following list was approved by the New Energy Congress on Nov. 3, 2005.

Experience in the field

Generally respected in the field

Service oriented -- in it for mankind

Open to input from others

Not one-track-minded on one device or area

Healthy skepticism

Open minded to new modalities

Well connected to those in the energy field

Vested interest in a particular technology does not disqualify one from being able to serve in this congress, nor for advising on that particular technology. However, such vested interests must be disclosed.

Not a Sinecure

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Several of the members are extremely busy, and most of the members will have cycles of extreme preoccupation with other matters that require their immediate attention. While this is permitted, it is understood by the Congress members that they will give the Congress the attention they can give it, to the best of their ability. There are minimum activity requirements for maintained membership in the Congress. It is not a sinecure.

NOT:

sinecure (SY-nih-kyur; SIN-ih-) noun: An office or position that requires or involves little or no responsibility, work, or active service. (Dictionary.com)

Membership Application

Dues

Presently there are no dues. NEC is primarily made up of volunteers. Expenses are being covered by PES Network, Inc..

Discussion lists

Required List

All Congress members should be subscribed to these:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NE_Congress - Main newsletter. Private. Membership approval required. Expected volume: 1 message/day or less. "web only" option not recommended unless you are good at checking online regularly. This is one you will want to recieve direct into your main email box.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEC-Forum/ - Membership approval required. A private, non-moderated discussion list for general discussion regarding New Energy Congress matters. This forum is for talking about the idea of the congress, and other administrative/housekeeping matters. For example, the criterion by which technologies will be judged would be a good discussion topic. The question of intellectual protection would also be appropriate, as would the pros and cons of open sourcing in general. General strategy discussions would likewise be germane.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEC-TechRev - Membership approval required. Private, non-moderated discussion of technologies under review. Because this is a non-moderated, high volume list, you might want to have your settings to digest or email only. But each member needs to be able to access the archives.

Committee Lists

Each committee may have a discussion list for committee matters and issues specific to the committee. Members should be subscribed to their primary committee.

Specific Technology Lists

Each of the key technologies under consideration (must have a verified, working prototype or substantially reliable claim to a working prototype) will have a discussion list specific to it. The naming of the groups should be someone standardized to make recollection easier.

e.g. a discussion group to review Tom Bearden's MEG would be named http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEC_MEG

The preface for each list, therefore, will be "http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEC_"

Committees

Each member will serve on at least one committee in which he/she excels.

Representation

No one company or association shall have more than 10% representation in the membership unless that company or association has no direct benefit from sales or promotion of energy technology, other than increased traffic and reputation.

The representation composition shall be made public, along with pertinent statistics (e.g. x% from U.S., y% from w company.)

No one genre of new energy (e.g. wind, solar, cold fusion) shall have 25% or more representation, determined by the member's naming a genre of primary interest or focus.

Ideally, all genres shall be represented by at least one person who names that genre as their primary interest or focus.

Rules of Conduct

Members' Rules of Conduct and Requirements

Deliberations between members regarding technologies shall remain private except those portions that are already public by proper consent, or when proper consent is given.

Each member will serve on at least one committee in which he/she excels.

A member must disclose if they have any financial interest in a given company/technology, and must recuse themselves from participating in voting, though they may provide input.

Never at any time should a member violate any non-disclosures they have signed pertaining to a technology in discussion.

A member must disclose any gifts or financial benefits they may have received from a company/technology being considered. Such disclosure should include any possible future gifts or financial benefits.

Members should participate in the final voting process at least once a year.

Members should attend a retreat at least once every other year (four opportunities).

Congress Advisors' Rules of Conduct

Same as Members' Rules of Conduct, except they will not participate in voting, or be required to attend the retreats.

Other matters of business

In addition to reviewing technologies, the congress might address other matters as a decision-making body:

Other Roles

Technology

Top 100

Top 100 Technologies - A working draft document, listing the top 100 clean energy technologies. You need not be a member of the Congress to participate in populating and sequencing this document.

List of Contending Technology Genres

A non-comprehensive listing, in alphabetical sequence. Not all these qualify as "new energy" per the definition above, but to the extent that they move society profoundly away from reliance on fossil fuels and other polluting, non-renewable energy dependencies, they will be considered for review and ranking.

Open-Source willing? (What do you mean, "willing"? What is the alternative? Where has the profit model worked with FE devices? Since energy is the basis of money, an FE machine wipes out the scarcity-economy wherever it operates.)

Closeness to Market

Company Viability (Do they have what it takes to take the technology the distance?)

Technologies in a given class will generally be measured against other technologies of that class, though an overall ranking will also be provided regardless of class.

We will focus on giving exposure to companies and technologies that are up-and-coming, to foster emergence of new energy modalities of merit. For technologies already in the marketplace, we will serve as a professional review for consumer's benefit.

Technology Review Process

Submitted technologies and promising technologies that otherwise come to the attention of NEC members are usually first passed by the Technology Screening committee to see if they should be presented to the NEC body for voting. Presently, a simple poll is created for that technology which asks where the technology ranks:

Reports

Company Input

The named company or inventor will have opportunity to provide a statement in response to the review of their technology/product.

Pricing Structure

NOTE: These are preliminary. proposed pricings and are subject to change by the NEC.

Free

Thumbnail sketch available for free for everyone. Might not include some companies/technologies that are not yet intended to be public knowledge. The expected market for this will be general research by the lay public.

Basic

Report highlights. Fairly simple report. Might not include some companies/technologies that are not yet to be public knowledge. Projected cost: US$50 per person. The expected market will be casual investors, energy enthusiasts, and inventors.

Revenue Dispersal

Revenues will go toward covering expenses of those members and advisors providing peer review as well as the administration of the process and preparing of the reports. Stipends, as agreed upon, may also be disbursed to participating members. Excess proceeds beyond that will go toward grants of deserving technologies agreed upon by the members.

Expenses will include:

venue

travel to retreats

retreat lodging and transportation

When revenue is not adequate to meet expenses, the expenses will be paid by a percentage (e.g. 50% travel covered)

Schedule

Present Disposition

Currently launching this congress (not that this is the first time anyone has had an idea along these lines).

Upcoming Retreats

Places and times to be announced.

Proposed:

Fall 2008, London

Spring 2009, Detroit

Fall 2009, Mexico City

Spring 2010, Miami

Fall 2010, Munich

Spring 2011, Houston

Fall 2011, Melbourn

Venue locations will be rotated to be within proportional proximity of members. If you are a member, and one of the above locations is within ~2000 miles of where you live, feel free to change the capital location to one closer to you.

Past:

July 2006, Salt Lake City

Sept 2006, Washington, D.C.

Spring 2007, Nashville

Fall 2007, Toronto

Spring 2008, California

Deadlines

Submissions, first screening, second screening, post-retreat review, final approval of report.

Technicalities

Payment to Members

We are working on getting some funding to cover travel and other expenses for this first retreat. However, you will need to be prepared to cover these largely from your own pocket.

Page Editing and Administration

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NEC in the News

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A New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy - Erich J. Knight points to the areas of new energy research that he deems to be the most fruitful, including nanotechnology, thermionics and fusion. (ZPEnergy; Sept. 21, 2005)

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